#robert cornelius

[burningvelvet]

Happy 184th birthday to the world’s first selfie, taken by thirty-year-old Philadelphian photographer Robert Cornelius some time in October, 1839.

“Daguerre announced his invention of a photographic method to the French Academy of Sciences in August 1839. That October, a young Philadelphian, Robert Cornelius, working out of doors to take advantage of the light, made this head-and-shoulders self-portrait using a box fitted with a lens from an opera glass. In the portrait, Cornelius stands slightly off-center with hair askew, in the yard behind his family's lamp and chandelier store, peering uncertainly into the camera. Early daguerreotypy required a long exposure time, ranging from three to fifteen minutes, making the process nearly impractical for portraiture.” Source: "Photographic Material," by Carol Johnson. In Gathering History: the Marian S. Carson Collection of Americana, 1999, p. 100. https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2004664436/

[roscoe-conkling]

This self-portrait of Robert Cornelius, a quarter-plate daguerreotype made in Philadelphia in November, 1839, is said to be one of the earliest photographs taken in the United States.

[digital-arts-etc]

Robert Cornelius and the First Selfie

The world's first “selfie,” a self-portrait taken by Cornelius in 1839. Prints and Photographs Division. A 30-year-old man stood alone in the yard of his family's Philadelphia gas lighting business. The year was 1839, and it was late October or early November.

The world's earliest selfies – in pictures The selfie isn't a 21st-century invention. Buzz Aldrin has reminded us on Twitter that he took the first space selfie in 1966. Here's a selection of other early examples of the form – from the 1830s to the 1980s Steve Rose on historical selfies Sarah Gilbert Mon 21 Jul 2014

Photographer Joseph Byron New York, 1909

An unidentified Edwardian woman taking a selfie with a Kodak Brownie box camera around 1900

Grand Duchess Anastasia of Russia in 1914

5 . Stanley Kubrick, 1949

6 . Colin Powell in the 1950s

[softnoisedry]

Photo taken by and of American Robert Cornelius in 1839, referred to as the world's oldest selfie.

[2t2r]

Le premier selfie date de 1839

Nouvel article publié sur https://www.2tout2rien.fr/le-premier-selfie-date-de-1839/

Le premier selfie date de 1839

[the-paradigm-web]

The Robert Cornelius self portrait photograph..

[filmbroandy]

insert the "if i had a nickel" meme here or whatever

[cinematicnomad]

THE TERROR ▸ 1.10 we are gone

[andrew-rannells-mustache]

Not a single brain cell in the mutineer polycule (Goodsir doesn’t count)

Bonus:

[dundykelevesconte]

the terror (2018) + the assassination of jesse james by the coward robert ford (2007)

part two (part one)

[socratezeuxis]

Stephen Cornelius Roberts

Painting of W. R.

(via 567: STEPHEN CORNELIUS ROBERTS, Painting of W. R. < Post War + Contemporary Art, 5 November 2016 < Auctions | Rago Auctions)

[theyonagoda]

Franklin Expedition Geneology research, or: Do you want to know if YOUR blorbo was cannibalized?

In order to do Y-chromosome based or mtDNA-based DNA testing you need a continous line of male or female descendents (or relatives) and that's, like, really hard to figure out even with merticulous record-keeping by churches. I'm focusing on those who are are theorized to be one of the existing, discovered bodies, especially those that have been collected and whose DNA was already extracted. This means:

-Le Vesconte Point body, theorized to be Edward Couch or Robert Orme Sargent due to facial reconstruction.

-"Peglar Papers" body, which got lost (???) after british soldiers who found it in the 70s gave it to a museum; thankfully a new excavation found a singular foot bone. Theorized to be William Gibson or Thomas Armitage

"Holding Out Hope" Tier (no body):

-Two Grave Bay body, reburied and haven't been re-discovered yet. Thought to that of a Marine. I was doing Tozer's lineage b/c him having a ton of siblings made it easier, but someone beat me to it and is thinking about contacting the university of Waterloo to see if we can get another Fitzjames breakthrough. With Tozer off the list I'm moving on to Healey and Hedges, since both have a good starting point w/ marriages.

-The Starvation Cove Cutlery Carving Crew, whose silverware (originally the officers' until they carved their initials on them) made it pretty far. This includes William Wentzell, Cornelius Hickey, possibly Richard Wall, and several sets of initials that could've belonged to multiple crew members (i.e "WG".) I'm hoping that at least some of the bone fragments get recovered from there.

"Just In Case" Tier:

-Tenatively ientified body of Goodsir, who I'm like 90% sure is actually him this time but I that tiny chance that it isn't nags at me

-"Irving" grave, 70% sure.

I'm more interested in researching the crew than the officers tbh, largely as the latter was already taken by many enthusiasts (I know someone's doing Des Voeux rn.) This is a hugely collaborative effort and I have a lot of people to thank for this, including the Franklin Expedition facebook, the descendents of FE's personnel, and various hobby geneologists who have done their work before me! If anyone right now has ANY information of Thomas Armitage's genetic history, his descendents (he had at least five kids, which helps) or anything of the sort, please tell me!

[ronavorona]

HP&TPOA vs S&S

[caligarish]

Hickeycrozier Frankenstein vibes. The scar-covered monster you created, every lash like a lightning bolt bringing him closer to a new, more violent life. Him taking you further and further from everyone you used to care about. Him leaving you Goodsir-shaped dead game to eat  because you cannot provide for yourself or anyone else by hunting here. The boat he stands on, his hair burning in the grey, becomes his funeral pyre. Someone who was never your son in the way the rest of the crew were, and someone whose existence centered on you.

[leadandblood]

Hauling, Hauling, Hauling

[alexanderhamiltonhasafatass]

Jch's children. Maria Williamson and James died too young to be in this